Lowlandsbeach
@lowlandsbeach.bsky.social
Storyminding, Biodiversity Blissfinding, Respect for Aboriginal culture. Western Australia https://lowlandsbeach.medium.com/happy-halloween-breakfast-with-a-view-e4f80617be47
Grasshopper today while weeding the remnant urban bushland
October 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Grasshopper today while weeding the remnant urban bushland
Question of balance? Removing fumitory in urban fragment reveg bushland (weed paradise) to save reveg native seedlings, or preserve weedy understorey as bobtail habitat? Mosaic a bit of both perhaps?
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Question of balance? Removing fumitory in urban fragment reveg bushland (weed paradise) to save reveg native seedlings, or preserve weedy understorey as bobtail habitat? Mosaic a bit of both perhaps?
Yummy quick soup for cold wet day. I just ate 2 servings! I added a dash of milk & a squeeze of lemon to my bowl instead of to the pot as I'm going to freeze the leftovers www.kyleecooks.com/white-bean-p...
October 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yummy quick soup for cold wet day. I just ate 2 servings! I added a dash of milk & a squeeze of lemon to my bowl instead of to the pot as I'm going to freeze the leftovers www.kyleecooks.com/white-bean-p...
Being educated. So far I've learnt that "There are no randomised controlled trials of parachutes"
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Being educated. So far I've learnt that "There are no randomised controlled trials of parachutes"
I think this might be ricinocarpos wedding bush. Seven petalled flowers and grooved fruit in Mueller Park Subiaco Western Australia. Wondering if 7 petals are unusual?
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I think this might be ricinocarpos wedding bush. Seven petalled flowers and grooved fruit in Mueller Park Subiaco Western Australia. Wondering if 7 petals are unusual?
Reminded me of a Roger McGough poem "I am land,.... But I am not yours, ... I will sit for your landscape paintings, Pose for your cameras. For your songs and poems be a source of inspiration, But I am not yours .."
October 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Reminded me of a Roger McGough poem "I am land,.... But I am not yours, ... I will sit for your landscape paintings, Pose for your cameras. For your songs and poems be a source of inspiration, But I am not yours .."
That the Noongar Settlement is Australia’s first treaty was recognised at the time. Deputy Western Australian Opposition Leader Roger Cook agreed, explaining in Parliament that, ‘by its very nature, the Noongar agreement is in fact a classic treaty’ 19 November 2015
September 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
That the Noongar Settlement is Australia’s first treaty was recognised at the time. Deputy Western Australian Opposition Leader Roger Cook agreed, explaining in Parliament that, ‘by its very nature, the Noongar agreement is in fact a classic treaty’ 19 November 2015
Settlement of native title in Western Australia described as 'Australia's First Treaty'. Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016. Noongar Boodja Trust receiving yearly instalments of $50 million for 12 years static1.squarespace.com/static/56cac...
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Settlement of native title in Western Australia described as 'Australia's First Treaty'. Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016. Noongar Boodja Trust receiving yearly instalments of $50 million for 12 years static1.squarespace.com/static/56cac...
India Day parade in Freo today. Scottish bagpipes and Indian bagpipes
August 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
India Day parade in Freo today. Scottish bagpipes and Indian bagpipes
You can make a submission. Terms of reference include how misinformation & disinformation related to climate change & energy is financed, produced & disseminated, including, the origins, growth & prevalence of ‘astroturfing’ and its impact on public policy & debate www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
August 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
You can make a submission. Terms of reference include how misinformation & disinformation related to climate change & energy is financed, produced & disseminated, including, the origins, growth & prevalence of ‘astroturfing’ and its impact on public policy & debate www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Tallest public art in Perth? Smokestack chimney in Subi
August 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tallest public art in Perth? Smokestack chimney in Subi
I think there's hundreds of species of pterostylis orchids. Here's a couple that are flowering in Kings Park today
August 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I think there's hundreds of species of pterostylis orchids. Here's a couple that are flowering in Kings Park today
You are a critter looking for nectar in Kings Park today, which flower is deceiving you?
August 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
You are a critter looking for nectar in Kings Park today, which flower is deceiving you?
Hoverfly on the carnivorous drosera in Kings Park today.
August 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hoverfly on the carnivorous drosera in Kings Park today.
Thousands in Tel Aviv protest. Organisers say more than 100,000 people joined demonstration demanding end to military campaign www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
August 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thousands in Tel Aviv protest. Organisers say more than 100,000 people joined demonstration demanding end to military campaign www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Previously unnoticed by scientists, as it disguises itself as a stick (photo from article of when it looks less stick-like), and there are so many species of critters in the world. "there are as many species of just ladybirds as there are of all mammals combined." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Previously unnoticed by scientists, as it disguises itself as a stick (photo from article of when it looks less stick-like), and there are so many species of critters in the world. "there are as many species of just ladybirds as there are of all mammals combined." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stephen Barker at Brisbane uni researches ticks and may be interested in your photo
August 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Stephen Barker at Brisbane uni researches ticks and may be interested in your photo
Just noticed that Australian flour doesn't have added iron. Weetbix has added iron tho. Growing up in Scotland eating white bread fortified with iron etc, so never questioned Oz bread before, maybe depends on Oz brands , whether wholemeal. Might alternate Weetbix & porridge & look at iron in toast
August 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just noticed that Australian flour doesn't have added iron. Weetbix has added iron tho. Growing up in Scotland eating white bread fortified with iron etc, so never questioned Oz bread before, maybe depends on Oz brands , whether wholemeal. Might alternate Weetbix & porridge & look at iron in toast
Bloom scrolling. Hardenbergia flowering on Clontarf hill today and also at Lowlands 14 years ago today. Wattle flowering . Maybe the other plant is Dodonea?
August 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Bloom scrolling. Hardenbergia flowering on Clontarf hill today and also at Lowlands 14 years ago today. Wattle flowering . Maybe the other plant is Dodonea?
www.forbes.com/sites/starts... science overwhelmingly indicates that vaccines are one of the safest interventions. But if you “do your own research,” you find online activists who rail against the science, pushing discredited claims. This creates a public health disaster that’s still ongoing today.
August 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
www.forbes.com/sites/starts... science overwhelmingly indicates that vaccines are one of the safest interventions. But if you “do your own research,” you find online activists who rail against the science, pushing discredited claims. This creates a public health disaster that’s still ongoing today.
Yes everyone uses AI, or at least 92% of students www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
August 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yes everyone uses AI, or at least 92% of students www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"children of mothers who had higher intakes of sugar & processed foods during pregnancy were more likely to have emotional & behavioral problems at age 4, especially girls." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"children of mothers who had higher intakes of sugar & processed foods during pregnancy were more likely to have emotional & behavioral problems at age 4, especially girls." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Trump's deranged rant on wind turbines, reenacted by toddlers, see link to youtube vid here
youtu.be/BZYhCC-XfTA?...
As one person commented "The normalization of such erratic and fact-free outbursts in a figure of significant political influence is profoundly troubling"
youtu.be/BZYhCC-XfTA?...
As one person commented "The normalization of such erratic and fact-free outbursts in a figure of significant political influence is profoundly troubling"
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump's deranged rant on wind turbines, reenacted by toddlers, see link to youtube vid here
youtu.be/BZYhCC-XfTA?...
As one person commented "The normalization of such erratic and fact-free outbursts in a figure of significant political influence is profoundly troubling"
youtu.be/BZYhCC-XfTA?...
As one person commented "The normalization of such erratic and fact-free outbursts in a figure of significant political influence is profoundly troubling"
Lil lizard fren , probably crytoblepharus, joined me on the bench at the hill today. I'm grumpy cos have sore arm from free Shingles jab, lil fren cheered me. Is depression a side effect of shingrix jab? When they say 2/3 days for sideeffects, does that mean all good in 72 hours? Which is 1.40pm Sat
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Lil lizard fren , probably crytoblepharus, joined me on the bench at the hill today. I'm grumpy cos have sore arm from free Shingles jab, lil fren cheered me. Is depression a side effect of shingrix jab? When they say 2/3 days for sideeffects, does that mean all good in 72 hours? Which is 1.40pm Sat